  France’s Hollande may go back on his Genocide bill promise – expert July 9, 2012 - 15:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Recently, Ankara and Paris have been taking steps at normalizing ties which deteriorated after the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial, a political analyst said. At news conference in Yerevan, Sergey Shakaryants warned against high expectations for the issue of Genocide denial criminalization to make it to the immediate agenda of the French parliament. “Despite confirming plans for a new Genocide bill, French leader Francois Hollande can go back on his promise, seeing as the presidential race is over for him,” the expert noted. Commenting on recent visit of U.S. State Secretary to South Caucasus, the expert noted that Hillary Clinton stressed the importance of Armenia-Turkey rapprochement. In this context, the expert slammed Turkey’s using Karabakh conflict settlement as a precondition for normalizing ties with Armenia. Partner news  Top stories Prior to the vote, RPA parliamentary group leader Galust Sahakyan announced the party’s decision to vote against the bill. Shavarsh Kocharyan: Baku’s statements on unacceptability of a status quo in Karabakh conflict aim to prevent alteration of the status. At the meeting, the parties focused on the prospects of bilateral relations, and cooperation in the framework of international organizations. Dwelling on the hike in gas prices, Iskandaryan said the change also affected other countries importing Russian gas.   Partner news |  Latest news Russian expert rules out Karabakh war renewal by Armenia  Alexander Krylov: the possibility of the renewal of Karabakh war should not be exaggerated in the face of the balance of power.German scientists ready to include Armenian petroglyphs in UNESCO list The scientists conducted a survey of ancient rock art, with a database of Armenian petroglyphs to be later developed.OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs won’t visit Artsakh French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Jacques Faure said the co-chairs are not planning a visit to Nagorno Karabakh.Penguin reaches $75mln agreement in iBooks price fixing lawsuit In a press release, Penguin's parent company, Pearson, noted it had made a $40 million provision for settlement in its 2012 accounts. |
